Certified Nurse Aide
- Exam
- State exam
- Education
- None
- Experience
- None
- Background check
- None
Certified Nurse Aides provide more than 90% of the hands-on care received by nursing home residents. To be designated a CNA, one must successfully complete an approved Nurse Aide Training program and pass standardized exams. Certification is granted for 24 months at which time recertification is needed to maintain the designation of CNA and be renewed. Source: NATP for Nursing Homes for New York State Nursing Home Nurse Aide Certification, Report, Rev. 3/2018.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Registry
- Exam
- State exam required
- Education
- No education required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Certification
- Certification required
- Experience
- No experience
- Background check
- No criminal record requirements
- Physical requirement
- No physical requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- NYS Department of Health
- Division
- Nursing Home and ICF/DD Surveillance and Quality Assurance
- Address
- 875 Central Avenue Albany, NY 12206
- Phone
- (518) 408-1282
- Agency website
- https://www.health.ny.gov/
- Last updated
- February 8, 2023
Occupations (O*NET)
- Licensed Practical Nurse 29-2061.00
- Nurse Aide 31-1121.00
- Nurse Aide 31-1122.00
- Nurse Aide 31-1131.00
- Nurse Aide 31-1132.00
- Nurse Aide 31-1133.00
- Occupational Therapy Assistant 31-2011.00
- Nurse Aide 31-2012.00
- Physical Therapist Assistant 31-2021.00
- Nurse Aide 31-2022.00
Source and verification
This record is New York's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
Before you apply, confirm every detail with Nursing Home and ICF/DD Surveillance and Quality Assurance — see the issuing body section above.
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